Nancy Walker
soprano
Timothy Lindeman, piano
Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
Sunday, September 18, 2005
4:00 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
Early in the Morning (Hillyer) Ned Rorem
O You Whom I Often and Silently Come (Whitman) (b. 1923)
See How They Love Me (Moss)
I am Rose (Stein)
Alleluia
Die Ersehnte Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Frühling (1805-1847)
“O mio babbino caro” Giacomo Puccini
from Gianni Schicchi (1858-1924)
He’s Goin’ Away arr. John Jacob Niles
(1892-1980)
Simple Gifts Aaron Copland
Ching-a-ring Chaw (1900-1990)
“Summertime” George Gershwin
from Porgy and Bess (1898-1937)
I Got Rhythm
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Fanny Hensel
Die Ersehnte
Text by Hölty
Brächte dich meinem Arm der nächste
Frühling! tönten Vögel aus Blüthen mir das
Brautlied, dann, dann hätt ich Seliger schon
auf Erden Wonne des Himmels.
Wonne! Sie wird mir Paradiese zaubern!
Wird lustwandeln mit mir in Gärten Gottes, wird
in meinen Armen gewiegt den Frühlingsabend
beflügeln.
Komm, dich rufet die Sehnsuchtsthrän’ im
Auge! dich dies wallende Herz voll süsser
Almdung, trübe floss mein Leben, o
Himmelsbotin, komm, es zu heitern.
Frühling
Text by Eichendorff
Übern Garten durch die Lüfte, hör ich
Wandervögel ziehn, das bedeutet
Frühlingsdüfte, Alles fängt schon an zu blühn,
Jauchzen möcht’ ich, möchte weinen, Lenz un
Liebe muss das sein, alle Wunder wieder
scheinen mit dem Mondenglanz herein;
Jauchzen möcht’ ich, möchte weinen, und der
Mond die Sterne sagen, und in Träumen
rauscht der Hain, und die Nachtigallen
schlagen sie ist dein, ja sie is dein!
Giacomo Puccini
Text by Giovacchino Forzano (based on an
episode in Dante’s Inferno)
O mio babbino caro
Mi piace, è bello;
Vo’andare in Porta Rossa
A comperar l’anello!
Sì, ci voglio andare!
E se l’amassi indarno,
Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio,
Ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pieta!
Longing
If the next spring bring you to my arms!
If the birds sang from blossoms the bridal
song, Then, then I would have more blessed
the rapture of heavens, yet on earth.
Joy! She will conjure paradise for me!
Will wander with me in God’s gardens
Will cleverly while away the spring evening in
my arms.
Come, the longing tear in my eye calls you!
You this simmering heart full of sweet revenge,
My life flows gloomily, o messenger of heaven,
Come, make it happy.
Spring
Over the garden through the air, I hear the
Bird of passage go, that means the airs of
spring, everything is beginning to bloom.
I would like to rejoice, would like to cry,
It must be spring and love, all the wonders
Appear again with the moonlight.
I would like to rejoice, would like to cry, the
Moon and the stars say, and in dreams the
grove rustles and the nightingale sings,
she is yours, yes, she is yours!
Oh my dear daddy,
He pleases me; he is good looking;
I want to go to the Porta Rossa
To buy the ring!
Yes, yes I want to go there!
And if I should love him in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio
To throw myself into the Arno River.
I am feeling tortured and tormented!
Oh God, I should like to die!
Daddy, have pity!
Dr. Nancy Walker is heard frequently in recitals and oratorios and has performed in
Carnegie Hall Recital Hall in New York City and at the Lincoln Center in Washington D.C.
She and husband Timothy Lindeman recently gave recitals in Munich, Germany and
Florence, Italy. Nancy was a national finalist in the National Association of Teachers of
Singing (NATS) Artists Awards and has served as the Regional Governor of the Mid-
Atlantic Chapter of NATS.
Her B.M.E. degree is from Hastings College in Nebraska and she taught in the public
schools there before earning the M.M. from the University of Colorado in Boulder and the
D.M. from Indiana University. At UNCG, Dr. Walker teaches voice performance studies and
was the chair of the Vocal Studies Division from 1993 to 2001. She spent the fall semester
of 1998 in Munich, Germany having received a Fulbright grant to study the songs of
German composer Josephine Lang. Most recently, she spent a year in Munich researching
German voice teaching methods.
Dr. Timothy Lindeman is associate professor and the chair of the music department at
Guilford College, where he teaches music theory, piano, music history, and world music.
He received the Ph.D. in music theory with minors in piano and art history from Indiana
University. He is well known as a writer, a scholar, a performer, and a lecturer.
Dr. Lindeman is a published writer and has presented papers at several national music
conventions. For more than a decade he has written about the Triad music scene in both
Triad Style and the News and Record . His biography on North Carolina composer Robert
Ward, appears in the 2002 book, The North Carolina Century: Tar Heels Who Made a
Difference, 1900-2000.
Tim is heard frequently performing on the piano and organ, and he has served as
accompanist for several local churches and organizations. He enjoys both solo
performance and collaboration with other musicians.
He is currently a member of NC Humanities Speakers Bureau and has been Director of the
Eastern Music Festival pre-concert lecture series. He is often asked to speak at arts
organizations such as the Greensboro Opera Company and the Greensboro Symphony
Orchestra.
Tim and Nancy have given many recitals across the country, specializing in the music of
Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and other women composers. They are the
proud parents of two daughters: fourteen-year old Kelsey and nine-year old Chloe.
The UNCG School of Music has been recognized for years as one of the elite
music institutions in the United States. Fully accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Music since 1938, the School offers the only
comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in
both performance and music education in North Carolina. From a total
population of approximately 14,000 university students, the UNCG School of
Music serves nearly 600 music majors with a full-time faculty and staff of more
than sixty. As such, the UNCG School of Music ranks among the largest Schools
of Music in the South.
The UNCG School of Music now occupies a new 26 million dollar music building,
which is among the finest music facilities in the nation. In fact, the new music
building is the second-largest academic building on the UNCG Campus. A large
music library with state-of-the-art playback, study and research facilities houses
all music reference materials. Greatly expanded classroom, studio, practice
room, and rehearsal hall spaces are key components of the new structure. Two
new recital halls, a large computer lab, a psychoacoustics lab, electronic music
labs, and recording studio space are additional features of the new facility. In
addition, an enclosed multi-level parking deck is adjacent to the new music
building to serve students, faculty and concert patrons.
Living in the artistically thriving Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point “Triad”
area, students enjoy regular opportunities to attend and perform in concerts
sponsored by such organizations as the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the
Greensboro Opera Company, and the Eastern Music Festival. In addition,
UNCG students interact first-hand with some of the world’s major artists who
frequently schedule informal discussions, open rehearsals, and master classes at
UNCG.
Costs of attending public universities in North Carolina, both for in-state and out-of-
state students, represent a truly exceptional value in higher education.
For information regarding music as a major or minor field of study, please write:
Dr. John J. Deal, Dean
UNCG School of Music
P.O. Box 26167
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6167
(336) 334-5789
On the Web: www.uncg.edu/mus/
